U.S. President Barack Obama met in Brisbane with the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott.

According to the Censor.NET with reference to Reuters, the President of the USA Barack Obama, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott said during a trilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Brisbane

Leaders have stated that they intend to strengthen cooperation in the field of defense. The Alliance with these two countries is the basis of U.S. attempts to increase its influence in the Pacific region, and to be a counterweight to China.

Barack Obama, Tony Abbott and Shinzo Abe called on all countries to respect the freedom of navigation and to resolve disagreements about the passage of the Maritime borders peacefully. The Chinese perspective about where the Maritime border dispute virtually all of its neighbors.

In addition, the leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia have announced that they will join forces in the fight against joining Russia Crimea and its actions to destabilize the situation in Eastern Ukraine.

They also expressed the need to bring to justice the perpetrators of the collapse of the Malaysian airliner MH17.

Source: http://censor.net.ua/